"The coach doesn't need a break; he's had a spell for a while, I'm raring to go," Clarkson joked. "It will assist some of our players.

"(Brad) Sewell had a two-three week hamstring; now it's one or two. Some of the warriors who have played a fair amount of footy for us during the course of the year, it will assist."

The Hawks expect to regain Josh Gibson, Bradley Hill and possibly Sewell for the top of the ladder clash.

Clarkson was proud of his players' performance, especially the spirit they demonstrated.

"We were really disappointed with how we performed last week (losing to North Melbourne by 20 points) on a whole number of fronts," he said.

"It seemed we were unprepared for that battle, but tonight we were ready for the assault."

Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson lamented the turnovers under the pressure applied by Hawthorn.

"We won't give up fighting," he said of his team's increasingly tough battle to make the finals.

Scott Thompson has a back-related hamstring issue - the other hamstring that kept him in doubt in the lead-up to the Hawthorn game. The Crows expect to regain David Mackay for the match against Collingwood at the MCG on Sunday, July 27.